Thousands of documents containing personal and financial information were found unshredded and scattered behind the Money Now payday loan business on Taylor Boulevard. Boxes of financial records were found by another business owner in the same strip center who began alerting people he had their information. Read more on WAVE3.
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Documents containing personal information found in lot
KTRK in Texas reports that Megatel Builders is denying claims about what was in documents found outside a model home: League City police are investigating exactly what was in paperwork left beside a subdivision model home. Neighbors say it contained copies of driver licenses, cancelled checks, and home sale contracts. A builder’s representative said it contained…
IA: Private student documents found at recycling center
Holly Hines reports: Documents found at an Iowa City recycling center last month contain personal information about local elementary school students, including their names, addresses and parents’ names. Antonio Montoya, a 22-year-old Iowa State University student, said he visited City Carton Recycling on March 19 and noticed a pile of Grant Wood Elementary students’ Individualized Education Program documents, which detail…
NM: Northern Navajo Medical Center patient information turns up in NM storage units
AP reports: A former employee at a northwestern New Mexico hospital walked off with information on nearly 7,500 patients, hospital officials said. Documents in cardboard boxes turned up in storage units near Farmington. They were taken from the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock last fall without authorization, officials said. Read more on KOAT. Notification…
FL: Former charter school employees trying to avoid identity theft after sensitive documents left in dumpster
Amanda Ober reports: A day after learning their sensitive information was carelessly tossed into a dumpster and then strewn about a busy road, people drove to DeLand in hopes of avoiding becoming the victim of identity theft. Papers containing the Social Security numbers and tax returns of school employees in DeLand were tossed into a…
GA: Non-profit director leaves town and abandons donations and clients’ personal information
WRDW reports: The director of the non-profit organization, Community in Action, left town and abandoned donations along with her clients’ personal information. Her landlord discovered copies clients’ social security cards, drivers’ licenses and birth certificates left in the home. Trish Wilcher took back possession of her rental home just a few weeks ago. She rented…